Saturday, 5 April 2014

Senegalese lawyer Fatou Kiné Camara has branded her country’s abortion law one of the harshest and deadliest in Africa.

It was a lost battle for the human rights campaigners in Senegal in a
bid to secure a legal route to abortion using the case of a 10-year-old
girl pregnant with twins after she was raped by a neighbor.
The raped victim’s refused abortion highlights the heavy cost women
and female children pay as a result of a Napoleonic law on abortion that
is still in force in the former French colony.
Speaking on the case of the pregnant little girl, president of the
Senegalese women lawyers’ association says, ”She is going to have to go
through with the pregnancy,the best we can do is keep up pressure on the
authorities to ensure the girl gets regular scans and free medical
care.”
The Guardian reports:

“Senegal’s abortion law is one of the harshest and
deadliest in Africa. A doctor or pharmacist found guilty of having a
role in a termination faces being struck off. A woman found guilty of
abortion can be jailed for up to 10 years.”Forty women were held in custody in Senegal on charges linked to
the crimes of abortion

A local pastor, Vishnu Lutchmansingh, in Trinidad who converted to
Christianity from Hinduism about 30 years ago, killed his brother, ran
over his nephew and then shot himself while burning down his house.
The 54-year-old pastor was reportedly fighting his younger
brother, Krishan Lutchmansingh, drew a gun during their recent argument
and shot him to death.
He tried to flee from the scene of the crime by getting into his car
and driving to his property a little distance away from the scene, broke
through a barricade blocking the entrance and shot his nephew’s car
several times.
All Christian News reports:

The pastor then continued his rampage of violence by
running over his nephew, Timothy Janitan, with his car. When he didn’t
succeed in killing him on his first attempt, he calmly backed over his
nephew again in the hopes of finishing the job.However, Janitan survived the attack and was taken to the Chaguanas Health Facility for treatment for his injuries.The suicidal pastor, first shot to the public spotlight in 2003,
when he claimed an alleged billion dollar inheritance from an American
businessman, although it is doubtful if those

A young woman who was trying to get into her boyfriend’s apartment in New York lost her life after falling.
29-year-old Hannah Shaw had tried to climb into the window of Alex
Douglas’ home after they had an argument and he wouldn’t let her in
through the door.
Unfortunately, Shaw, who was reportedly drinking before the incident, lost her footing and fell to her death.
Douglas, 42, saw her after she had fallen at about 5am but by the time she was taken to the hospital, it was too late. He said:

“I climbed out there and held her while she was fading,” “I’m exhausted. I can’t sleep. It’s been horrible.”

The couple, who had been together for a year and a half, got into a
fight after Shaw told Douglas that she

Nollywood director cum producer, Moses Inwang and his fiancee, Emem
Udonquak are right now having their wedding in Akwa Ibom. Check out
actresses Ini Edo and Monalisa's looks for the wedding. Uduak Isong,
Mbong Amata too.

Afro pop star, D’Banj, has revealed that he will involve his former producer, Don Jazzy, to produce his next album.
The
award-winning musician disclosed this in an interview with UK radio and
TV personality, Tim Westwood, recently that he is planning to do a Best
of D’Banj album for his forthcoming 10th anniversary and that he is
getting Don Jazzy to produce the album.
“For my 10th anniversary, I
am thinking of doing a Best of D’Banj album and Don Jazzy will
definitely produce it. I am going to make sure he does,” he said.READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/63752.html

Unknown gunmen have been reported to have opened fire in a mosque in Yobe State, north-eastern Nigeria, killing no fewer than 20 worshippers in the process.

According to one of the survivors of the attack, Musa Ibrahim, a civil servant, the gunmen struck before dawn Saturday as residents of Buni Gari village were gathering for the first prayer of the day. The village is about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the Yobe state capital of Damaturu in an area that has been attacked numerous times.

It could be recalled that mosques have been a frequent target of militants who threaten Muslim clerics who preach against their extremist doctrine. Recently, suspected members of Boko Haram sect attacked a military checkpoint in Ngelzarma community of Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State.More than 1,200 civilians have been killed this year amid more frequent and deadlier attacks by the Boko

The traditional wedding of President Jonathan's daughter Faith & husband Godswill took place in country home ,in his hometown Otuoke, in Bayelsa State.Several dignitaries graced the occasion today April 5th 2014..
Congrats to them
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Tuface Idibia in a new chat with TheNation bared his mind on the alleged
scandals that have trailed his career for years, and according to him,
from now on he and his wife will not be taking rumours about him lightly
anymore. Excerpts:

We read so much about you in the news. Would you say that those things we read about you are true?

A lot of them have been false.

How do you feel when they are so false?

I am always then like, why should people be so evil? So evil like that? I tend to ask myself at that point why? People are so lazy that they cannot take time to seek out the truth!

You talk about false stories, which one can you immediately share with us?

Okay, there is this recent one, which has been in the news lately, which
refers to me as having impregnated

South African singer, Vusi Nova, during a
visit to Nigeria told Saturday Beats that Nigerian musicians are on a
different level when it comes to African music. The light-skinned singer
said that to be relevant in the African music scene, a singer has to
come to Nigeria before he/she can make a mark on the continent.

Nova revealed that Nigerian music is mostly played in South Africa even more than South African songs.

“I think Nigerian musicians are in a
league of their own. In South Africa we are doing well, our industry is
growing but it cannot be compared with Nigeria’s. Basically if you want
to be relevant in the African music scene you have to come to Nigeria
first. I mean Nigeria has the highest number of international
collaborations. That counts for something. I know for a fact that we
listen to Nigerian music more in South Africa. This is my second visit
to Nigeria; the first was for a movie award. Given the chance, I would
love to do a song with Omawumi because she has great vocals. Her vocals
are very lovely and wonderful and I believe that if we do a song
together it would become a global hit song. I know I am doing a song
with

Omawumi is not a bad singer. She didn’t win the Nigerian Idols
competition many years ago, but the young lady grew to become one of the
respected ladies of songs in Nigeria. Speaking on her new album that is
still in the pipeline, she said it would be a 10-track album and would
be unique and different because it would be more of acoustics. Omawumi
said:

“I am working on my next album which would be a live album. I have one
song with Phyno and it is wonderful. I want to produce a 10 track album
that even when you listen to in the next 10 years you would love it. I
would use live acoustics so you can get a feel of the real music as
opposed to using technology all the way. I did not start performing with
live band but music is something people want to enjoy raw, if someone
is playing a guitar for example, people want to hear and have a feel of
the guitar. It makes music more enjoyable as opposed to asking a disc
jockey to play your songs while you mime to it. However, I do not blame
anybody who does

A protracted crisis at the Lagos State University over fee hikes that
have outraged students and their parents and also led to protests has
reached resolution point with Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos
State now proposing a reduction of the tuition to accommodate everybody.

Fashola made the proposal during a meeting with the protesting students.
The students, under the auspices of the Education Rights Campaign
(ERC), are demanding reversal of the hiked fee. They have staged several
rallies and protests to press their case.

After a fruitfuf deliberation, Fashola agreed to reduce the hiked fee.
He teased the students and members of the ERC to consult among
themselves and propose an acceptable reduction in other to carry all
along.
One of the protester claimed that, following the controversial hike, the
school has continually had a low

Sir Alex Ferguson has accepted a long-term teaching position at Harvard
University where he will lecture senior executives, ESPN reports.

The
former Manchester United manager, who was the subject of a study by the
Ivy League university last year, has a role teaching a course called
‘The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports’.

The 72-year-old retired in 2013 after winning 49 trophies, including 38 in his 26-year stay at Old Trafford.

Ferguson,
winner of 13 league titles and two Champions Leagues in his time at
United, said, “I’m delighted to have the opportunity and privilege to
contribute to such a respected centre of excellence.

“The time I
have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience and I
look forward to developing my relationship and activities with the
students, faculty and friends of the Harvard Business

David Idah, the houseboy of retired Chief Magistrate
Funmilola Timeyin who killed her at her residence in Laderin Estate in
Abeokuta on March 28th says he killed her because she sacked him.
Idah,
in an interview with Punch, said he and his boss had a good
relationship when he started working with her but they fell out when she
started to complain about his attitude. Idah says he wasn't paid his
salary and so stole two mobile phones, a DVD player, speakers, perfume,
wrist watches, three trousers and four shirts belonging to her son in
order to sell them, get money and leave.
She discovered he had
stolen these items and invited the police who came in and was about to
begin prosecution of the 21 year old Benue indigine when she (Justice
Timeyin) pleaded with them to let him off the hook and even wrote a
letter of withdrawal to the police. She said she did not want Idah tried
but she sacked him and told him not return to work for her again.
Continue...
A few days after he was released from police custody
and angered by his sack, Idah went to the retired

Medical doctors in an undisclosed private hospital at Idimu area of
Lagos, are currently battling to save the life of a pregnant woman,
Mrs. Gloria James who was allegedly beaten to a state of coma by
children of a Mobile Policeman attached to MOPOL 20, Inspector Richard
Ekpo, last Friday. Unfortunately for the woman, efforts by doctors to
save her first two months pregnancy failed .

Mrs. Gloria Oluwatomiwa James was allegedly first attacked by one of
the policeman’s son identified simply as Olorunda in front of her
shop at Idimu Mammy market during a verbal confrontation.

Trouble, as gathered, started when she demanded for an apology from Olorunda whom she said stepped
on her while he was going to smoke Indian hemp from a local dealer
around her shop. Eye witnesses told Crime Guard Vanguard that the area
is not only noted for smoking Indian hemp but also a haven for cultists
. Although, there had reportedly been several raids and subsequent
arrests by policemen, but that has not stopped the deed.

A 14-year old girl from Niger Republic has been rescued
after she was forcefully married to a Bureau de Change operator in Yaba area of
Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

The girl (name withheld) was forcefully married to 25-year
old Bashiru Yaya also from Niger Republic on 29 December, 2013 while the girl
was still in Senior Secondary I at Ansarudden Academy at Randle area of
Surulere.

She was married out to be the second wife of Yaya despite
the fact that she is a minor and had the ambition of becoming a medical doctor. Under age marriage contravenes the Lagos State Child Rights
Law.

The girl’s parents, Mr Hamidu and Mrs Abibat Ahmed were said
to have taken the girl away from school while in SS I and married her out to
Yaya after he allegedly paid 300,000 Cefas, which is equivalent to N100,000 to
them. Officials of the Office of Youth and Social Development,
Lagos State Government, got

I really don’t know why this interview was granted, because Jim Iyke just lost his mom. But
bestofnollywood.com says Hajiya Habiba Abubakar (whom Jim was rumoured to have dated) granted them the interview,
after Jim Iyke’s Mom, who she took care of, passed away few days ago. It was a
question and answer session. Find it below;

BON: How did you feel when you heard the death of Jim Iyke’s
mother?

Habiba: Well I didn’t feel good but knowing her fully well, her death is a
rest to herself, she has suffered enough.

BON: Your NGO helped her in the past? To what extent was
your help to her?

Habiba: Well, I first took her to London for a complete
medical check up. She had high blood pressure, high Cholesterol and needed knee
replacement, as they said in UK. See copy of her medical report (c/o me). Her

The chairman of Leadership Newspaper, Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah has
stepped down to contest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress
(APC).

A statement was issued by the group managing director, Mr
Azubuike Ishiekwene on behalf of the company’s board. He said, Mr Nda-Isaiah
decided to step down after months of conversations with his family, friends and
associates to answer a national call. Find the press statement after the cut.

“On April 3, 2014,
the chairman and founder of LEADERSHIP Group will step down from his current
position as chairman. This is not a decision that he is taking lightly.

“Mr Nda-Isaiah had told the Board at its last meeting in
February that having secured the company on a solid path of growth, he felt the
need to answer a national call to work with millions of men, women, young and old of all faith and
creed who have, in an earnest search for something really new, invested their
hopes

Within the last few months, Nollywood actress, Chika Ike, kept Nigerians
talking about her. From her recent divorce, which she announced on
social media, to her mouthwatering deals, expensive clothes & bags,
frequent holiday trips abroad which she keeps showing off on social
media. Most of the time, Chika was criticized for doing this but in a
new interview with Punch, she says she doesn't care what her critics say
anymore. She also shed light on why she shares her pictures.
Read her reply:

“I have stopped searching for my name on the Internet. In fact, I don’t
bother myself with gossips and negative comments about me any longer. I
have a management team that deals with all that. When my aides want me
to see or read whatever has been written or said
about me, they simply draw my attention to it. Celebrities must learn to
ignore what people say about them

Chiwetel Ejiofor recently bulked up to star as a cop in director John
Hillcoat's drama Triple Nine. And now, his so hot six-pack and rippling
pecs has attracted the attention of producers looking to cast the new
James Bond villain.

According to showbusiness bible Variety, the 12 Years A Slave star
is reportedly the first choice to play 007's adversary in the 24th
instalment of Sony and MGM’s long-running action franchise. Producers
Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson want the Oscar and Golden
Globe-nominated actor but have yet to make a formal offer.

The movie is due for release on November 6, 2015, with filming set
to kick off in the summer. Daniel Craig

The 47 year old veteran & one of Nollywood's most beautiful actresses..opened up to the Sun on her kind of man:

"I am attracted to God fearing and good looking men.
I don’t like fat men. I love tall dark and slim men.I don’t like
deceitful and uncaring men. I could die for a very caring man. I’m a
very romantic person so I love romantic
men; I love surprise gifts. As a young girl growing up I read a lot of
Mills & Boom. I like my man to surprise me with gifts; it sweeps me
off my feet. I don’t like men that wait for you
to ask before they give. I like men that are in control and know what
to do. But I notice that with

A man resorted to having sex with his pet dog after his ex girlfriend refused his lusty demands.
Croatian
ex con Vlatko Pavicic, 68, had just been released from jail and went
round to his ex lover's house, drunkenly looking for love – but she
slammed the door on his face.
Frustrated, Pavicic went to his
mum's house and was spotted by neighbours having sex with his dog, that
was being looked after while he was inside.
Shocked witnesses called the police, who arrested him as he made his way back to his ex's house in Osijek, Eastern Croatia.
He allegedly said that he was going to take revenge on her for refusing to have sex with him.
Pavicic,
whose latest two-year stretch inside was just one of more than a dozen
times he had been in prison for various offences related to violence.
He
told police that after two years inside he was desperate for sex, and
said his ex-girlfriend was to blame

Come October 4th 2014, River State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi will bestow
on four nollywood Thespians, a special recognition award for their
immense achievement in nollywood industry. This recognition will be
giving to Liz Benson-Ameye, Adebayo Salami, Nobert Young and Kasimu Yero

The recipients have express great joy on honour that will be conferred
on them by Gov Amaechi by the 6th edition of the prestigious BON awards
in River State, They also envisage it as an experience they will cherish
for a long time.

Speaking on the reason for these choices, BON award Executive Producer
Seun Oloketuyi revealed that after much deliberation and research, these
four came as the best choices for this award category because they have
made a great impact in nollywood and have also been a source of
inspiration to youths in Nigeria and Africa generally.

Contractors working on power distribution projects across the
country have been given the next 60 days to complete and handover or be
blacklisted, the Federal Government has warned.
Government is particularly unhappy that the contractors have been
unable to connect and energise completed 33KVA feeders to inject
substations of Enugu, Jos and Port Harcourt DISCOS.
Vice President Namadi Sambo handed down the warning at a meeting with
stakeholders and contractors handling Federal Government power
transmission project at his conference room at the Presidential Villa.
In the same vein, government has ordered that the distribution of all
the transformers currently lying idle at the warehouses of the
distribution companies at a fee be spread over a period of time.
This is even as it has announced that DISCOS can now buy some assets
owned by the former PHCN with payments spread over a period of 15 years.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power,

President and founder of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr.
Fredrick Fasehun has criticized embattled CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi, saying he deserved his suspension by President Jonathan.
Fasehun
described Sanusi as arrogant person who had built a wall around himself
and had no respect for anybody while also faulting his claim that his removal from office was not in order."President
Goodluck Jonathan is an executive president; he can hire and fire.
Sanusi deserved what he got, he deserved his sack by the president. How
can you be so arrogant to an executive president of a country like
Nigeria?
"Sanusi claimed that President Jonathan does not
have the right to remove him; from which book did he read that? He who
hires has the right to fire. "The President has the
right to suspend or remove him. If Sanusi has the power to fight back,
he can as well suspend the President, Fasehun said.
The
OPC founder also accused the former CBN governor mismanaging his
position by arrogating so much

No fewer than ten Nigerians have been reported to have been
hospitalised and 25 shops owned by Nigerians have been looted following
attacks by organised gangs in South Africa.
According to
President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Ikechukwu Anyene, the
attack began last week in Johannesburg but later spread to Pretoria this
week.
He said commercial taxi drivers, led the attack against
Nigerians in Pretoria while unknown gangs attacked Nigerians in
Johannesburg.
Anyene said one Nigerian in hospital was still in
coma when officials of the Union and the Nigerian high commission in
South Africa visited the injured in hospitals.
“Officials of
Nigerian mission in South Africa and Union officers went round today to
assess the extent of damage done to business centres and shops owned by
Nigerians.

“In
Pretoria, 25 shops belonging to Nigerians were attacked and looted by
the gang. Ten Nigerians are now

Stoke City inform strik-er, Peter Osaze Odemwingie has said
it was up to coach Stephen Keshi to include him in his World Cup plan
after he claimed to have made up with the coach.
The
pair fell out after Odemwingie was omitted from the 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations squad and took to Twitter to vent his frustration.
“I have
been speaking with the coach, it’s the only right thing to do. “I had
to be humble and make a step forward towards my senior colleagues,”
added the 32-year-old.
Odemwingie was upset to be overlooked for
the tournament in South Africa and at the time he claimed he was dropped
because he often speaks his mind. He also accused Keshi of
disrespecting him because he the coach did not inform him personally of
the decision.
Keshi responded by saying “it was nothing personal “
and 16 months on Odemwingie appears to have come

Academy Award nominee James Franco was caught up in a recent scandal with a teen.

A conversation between the actor and Lucy Clode,
a 17 year old Scottish was leaked online. 35-year old James was
inviting the young fan to meet up at a hotel. While this situation is
deeply embarrassing, it is important to note the age of consent in New
York is 17 years old, therefore Franco did not commit a crime.

According to reports, the two first met
each other outside the set of his new movie – Mice & Men. James and
Lucy later chatted via Instagram.

The teen later posted a video and photos
on her IG page as evidence. He later took to Twitter to state “I hope
parents keep their teens away from me” after the news went viral.

Friday, 4 April 2014

Lebanon
- Teenager not happy with his mother's life choices kicked her in the
head on live television. Mother and son appeared in an Arab talk show
that seeks to resolve family problems.

Ahmed, 15, was reluctant to meet his mother who he hadn't seen for seven years. However, the program's ('Bil Akeed', or 'For Sure') team convinced him to do so. The mother explained that she separated from the boy's father because he was abusive and violent.

"In the court he [Ahmed's father] attacked me in front the judges and the sheikhs," she said.

Ahmed got visibly angry and started defending his father. The woman then replied by saying he sounded like an 'intoxicated' and 'drunk' teenager. Ahmed reacted by jumping on the table and kicking his mother in the
face. See photos and video below:

Alphonsus Ezie, a 56year old prophet with the Celestial Church of
Christ Igando District, Lagos State has been arrested and remanded in
prison by the police for tricking his congregation with a false
prophecy, PM news reports.

Prophet Ezie had on a Sunday
service prophesied seeing some members of his congregation traveling
to Netherland for greener pastures and coming back home successful.
He asked all those interested in making the prophecy fulfilled in
their lives to meet with his friend, Mr Samuel, a travel agent, to help
them with their travel papers. And Mr Samuel disappeared with their money..lol. Continue

16 unsuspecting members excitedly met with Mr Samuel
in a hotel in Ejigbo where they made various payments to him for their
travel documents. Among those who paid for the documents were;

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar's son, Abba Atiku Abubakar, is going to marry his American fiancee tomorrow, April 5th.
It
was gathered that Abubakar's son wedding will be held in Dubai. It is
expected to be a private affair because that’s what the girl’s family
requested. However, they will also hold a reception here in Nigeria.
Abba Atiku Abubakar met his fiancee when Abba went to study in the USA.
Congratulations to them!READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/63680.html